Jane Austen's most polarizing heroine is "handsome, clever, and rich"—and uses all three advantages to meddle catastrophically in other people's love lives while remaining oblivious to her own heart. Emma Woodhouse is Austen's most ambitious psychological portrait: a fundamentally good person whose privilege and boredom make her casually cruel. Watching Emma finally recognize her own capacity for harm is like watching someone wake up from a pleasant dream into accountability. This Regency romance and comedy of manners showcases Jane Austen's wit and social commentary at their sharpest.
 
 
 
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